The Tarango surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,360 people carried this name — #6,356 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,900 people counted. That is up 24% from 4,324 in 2000.

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Tarango in American newspapers,
1912.

Newspaper page from El Paso Herald carrying the name Tarango
El Paso Herald 1912-09-02
Newspaper page from El Paso Herald carrying the name Tarango
El Paso Herald 1912-10-28
Newspaper page from El Paso Herald carrying the name Tarango
El Paso Herald 1912-06-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 162 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Tarango,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States145 records

145 records of the Tarango name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 93
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 30
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 20
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Eulalio Tarango

    Born 1922 in Texas. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Bliss El Paso; farm hand from El Paso County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1965, buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Ernesto Tarango

    Born 1948; from Los Angeles, California. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Joseph Tarango

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1892, died 1960; buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 145 records for Tarango in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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